Icing-rack.



G. GOLLIS.

ICING RACK.

APPLICATION FILED APR.29, 1914.

1,130,379, Patented Mar. 2, 1915.

QR limeoaao George Cows GEORGE COLLIS, OF CLINTON. IOWA.

ICING-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 2, 1915.

Application filed April 29, 1914. Serial No. 835,322.

T all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE COLLIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Clinton, in the county of Clinton and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Icing-Racks, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to devices utilized in conjunction with apparatus for coating or icing articles of food and the like.

In an application for patent heretofore, to-wit, on June 9, 1913, filed by me, and which bears the Serial No. 772,644, I have disclosed a form of device that is well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed. It consists of a so-called rack for holding, say, cookies while being iced, and includes an appropriate form of supporting-bar provided with a series of pairs of pointed wires directly welded to the bar and with a pair of reinforcing plates for each pair of wires welded to the wires and to the bar. In that instance, each of the pair of wires is mounted on opposite sides of and spaced by the supporting bar.

To meet an objection that has, at times, been made to that form of structure, that it retains and carries too much of the sugar of the icing, I have devised the present form of structure for a similar purpose. In this instance, the article-piercing wires are not attached directly to the supporting bar, but to spacer-elements or drop-wires that are, themselves, secured to the bar. The piercing-wires are, in this form of structure, peculiarly mounted and this constitutes a salient feature of my improved device.

'I am aware that it has heretofore been proposed to construct a cake-holder comprising a rod having bent hook-shaped ends, said rod having a plurality of openings formed therein, strands of wire passing through said openings, and strands of wire passing beneath said rod and twisted upon the first-mentioned strands, the strands having their ends bent to provide parallel arms for holding the cakes. In this instance, the

' strands are weak at the points and soon lose their efficiency properly to hold the articles, and the twisted strands quickly load up with the icing, making them seriously objectionable. Still another construction known to me comprises a rigid, square bar, upon which are mounted a series of cake-holding elements comprising a collar in which is a square aperture to receive the square bar; each collar having also a square stem formed with integral oppositely-extending tapered spurs which are square in cross-section and extending at acute angles to the longitudinal axis of the stem. The cake is pressed onto two spurs. This form of structure is not only 'difiicult to manufacture, but is very unsatisfactory in use, since the holders or prongs split the cake.

A construction somewhat similar to the last mentioned, of which I have knowledge, is one in which there is a square supporting bar upon which are equidistantly spaced oppositely-extending hangers or prongs which are square in cross-section. These are objectionable and unsatisfactory for the reasons already pointed out, and for other equally obvious reasons.

The structure of the present invention is directed to overcoming these objections and, generally, to the provision of an improved device, all as will hereinafter be particularly explained and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, I have illustrated, by way of.

example, a preferred form of my invention; it being understood that other embodiments thereof are within the principles of my'con cept.

perspective of an articleholding rack constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is an elevational view thereof, partly in section; and Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view in elevation of the supporting-bar as it appears before the spacer-elements or dropwires are mounted thereon.

Referring to these drawings, the refer ence-numeral 1 indicates a supporting-bar or rod which, as shown in this instance, is elongated and cylindrical. At its ends, it is bent to form hanger-hooks 2, as shown, for attachment to a conveyer or belt, not shown.

The bar is provided, preferably at one side only, with a series of incuts or indentations 3 of suitable depth for the purpose now to be explained. The bar is designed to support a series of pendant spacerelements or drop-wires i, non-integral with but securely and immovably attached thereto. These elements are, as shown, elongated and round. At their upper ends, they are formed only half-round to present a flat In these drawings: Figure 1 is a view in surface 5, this portion being bent over and against itself to form an eye 6 through which the bar 1 extends. The flat-surfaced portion engages in the incut 3, and being securely clamped against and around the bar is thereby prevented from any movement on the bar. The portion or end of the element which extends downward from the bar is of sufficient length to provide ample means for securing it to the body-portion of the element, as well shown in Fig. 2. This produces a reinforcement at this point where otherwise it might be weak. Each of the drop-wires is thus secured to the bar and, preferably equidistantly from each other. Toward the lower end of the dropwires there is bored or otherwise formed two holes 7 and 8 extending at an angle to the axis of the bar 1. Extending through and secured in these holes are round and pointed article-holding wires or elements 9 and 10 of considerable hardness and strength the same being bent upwardly at each side of the drop-wire and in substantially parallel relation.

it is to be understood that after the eyeportion of each of the drop-wires has been clenched over the supporting-bar, it is welded thereto, as by electricity. By this means, each drop-wire is firmly and immovably attached to its supporting-rod or bar. The holdingwires may similarly be welded into the drop-wires. T hen the whole structure is tinned which not only effects a soldering of the drop-wires to the supporting-wire and of the holdingwires to the drop-wires, but coats the device so that it presents smooth surfaces with avoidance of rough places to catch the icing material. The desideratum in this structure is to afiord a maximum of strength vith a minimum of bulk-surface for the icing to cling to.

While I have herein described the invention in detail, it is to be understood that 1 do not limit myself to such details except in so far as they may be particularized in the claims.

hat I claim is:

1. A device of the kind described including an elongated supporting-bar provided on its side with incuts a series of pendant drop-wires clenched around the bar and in said incuts, each of said dropwires being provided adjacent its lower end with a hole, and a wire extending through said hole and projecting away from each side of the drop-Wire.

2. A device of the kind described, including an elongated supporting-bar provided on its side with incuts, a series of pendant dropwires clenched around and welded to the bar and in said incuts, each of said drop-wires being provided adjacent its lower end with a hole and extending at an angle to the axis of the supporting-bar, and a wire extending through said hole and projecting away from each side of the dropwire.

3. A structure of the kind cli-iscribed including an elongated supporting-bar provided on its side with a series of incuts; a series of pendant drop-wires having their upper ends bent around and against their body-portions and welded thereto, a section of said bent portion having a flat surface to engage in one of said incuts; each of said drop-wires having at its lower end a pair of holes; and a pair of article-holding wires mounted in said holes and extending away from each side of the drop-wires in paral lelism.

l. A structure of the kind described, including an elongated supporting-bar provided on its side with a series of incuts; a series of pendant drop-wires having their upper ends bent around and against their body-portions and welded thereto, a section of said bent portion having a flat-surface to en age in one of said incuts; each of said drop-wires having at its lower end a pair of holes; and a pair of article-holding wires mounted in said holes and extending away from each side of the drop-wires in paral lelism, said structure being coated with tin to solder the parts together and to present a smooth surface.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE COLLlS.

Witnesses CARL C. FnDnnRsnN, FRIEDA E. Tnrn'rscrrnnn.

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Washington, D. G. 

